IC Diamond 24 Carat 4.8 Gram Thermal Compound

IC Diamond is quite literally the best paste I have ever used. I have gone through an Alienware M17XR4, Alienware 17R1, 17R4 and now Area-51m. Add to that multiple custom desktops and I use IC Diamond on all of them. I have used MX-4, Kryonaut, Conductonaut and many many others and I always end up back on IC Diamond.IC Diamond has zero cure time, lasts the longest by far and offers the best performance in all of my gaming laptops, especially where mounting pressure isn't as high as a desktop. The Alienware 17R4 was known for having cooling issues which were mostly caused by mounting pressure with the heatpipes. IC Diamond was the only paste that solved this, reducing differentials on all cores and keeping the laptop under 80c on the CPU and under 70c on a GTX1080.Even on the Area-51m running Desktop CPU and a 200w GPU I stay nice and cool and the IC does a good job keeping temps in check while the fans ramp up.Honestly, most thermal pasts only offer a couple degree temp difference at best, but I find this one lasts the best. I don't have to repaste every 6 months like I do with the others.

Super pâte thermique pour les utilisateurs confirmés : la pâte n'est pas évidente à manipuler et à appliqué rapidement. Néanmoins, les perfs sont là et malgrès quelques rayures très très fines, oui il y en a.... les résultats sont à la hauteur (pour ma part environ 19°C de moins sur un MSI Apache Pro ge72 6qf que la pâte livré d'usine. C'est appréciable d'avoir moins les mains au contact d'une surface brulante lors des sessions de jeux, je vous l'assure x)

Nachdem die WLP bei mir ankam konnte ich loslegen. Verwundert über die zähe Konsistenz erstmal ab ins Wasserbad. Nach ca. 30 min lies sie sich halbwegs gut verarbeiten.Die Leistungen waren sehr gut. Ist die Arctic MX und Silver schon sehr gut setzt diese WLP gefühlt nochmal einen kleinen Teil oben drauf. Wermutstropfen ist allerdings die VerarbeitungHier muss jeder entscheiden was er möchte...entweder 1-2 Grad mehr und leichtere Verarbeitung ala MX oder mehr Leistung und etwas Herausforderung wie bei der Diamond 24 Karat.Für meinen Teil wird sie neben der MasterGel, Gelid Solutions Extreme und der MX-4 eine meiner Standard-Pasten

I bought this as the fans where buzzing away & the temperatures where a bit on the high side on my Msi Gt75vr titan pro, i first tried Artic MX 4 & i didnt notice any difference, when ever i tried to overclock my gpu & cpu it would always reset its back to stock settings, so i tried this, i read that this stuff was very thick & not easy to use & read that you should submerse it in boiling water for 5 mins which i did (in a bag) it was still thick but i got it on ok, closed everything up & at first it didnt seem to be working but after a while my fans had quitened down & also my temperatures, ive been playing Metro Exodus on max settings & also overclocked my cpu & gpu & the temeratures are around 70 degress for the gpu & 65 for the cpu, before they where between 80-90 degrees, im no expert at doing this but & maybe i never got it right the first time with the Artic Mx 4.Im hoping this will last a while as im sure getting the the stuff off maybe tricky, it maybe expensive but it has been well worth the money for me anyway.......

I purchased this after reading the reviews also. I'm a big fan of Arctic Silver 5, so it took a lot of research to try anything else. I have an ASUS ROG and the fans were running pretty hard during intense gaming even though it wasn't warm inside (I was under a heated blanket for warmth). I had read that the stock ASUS thermal paste had a high failure rate, so I decided to change the thermal paste on both the gpu and cpu before summer hits here (110 outside, 84 w ac on inside).I do not have before and after temps, tho that would be a good demonstration. what I CAN say is that when I was done I was really worried that I had somehow accidentally disabled the fans, because they simply weren't running. period. I finally got them to turn on a little bit with very intense usage----nothing like they were before even at idle.THAT's how cold this thing is keeping the processors. I was so impressed, I headed over to my overheating desktop graphics card and cpu. Once again, the paste worked admirably. I had enough in one 4.8 gram tube to get them all (cpu and gpu in laptop and desktop) with a little left over.A few notes: this stuff is REALLY thick. I heated mine up in boiling water for 2 minutes, and then ended up just throwing it in the microwave for about 2 minutes. I still came out super thick, like a really thick epoxy texture. (it's not a glue, its just super dense). I really like that it's electrically non-conductive. great for spillover. I used the arctic cleaner n prep and this stuff didn't really want to stick to the surface, so it may be less than compatible with that. it still worked. I just made a light haze with some of the compound on both surfaces, then squeezed a large pea size on the middle and plunked the heat sink back on. I did sort of turn the heat sink back and forth a bit as I pressed it down. the holding screws on the mounts did the rest.the ic diamond site has a great tutorial about application technique--they basically say use a pea size, not a line or other application style. creating a light haze on the surface with a small amount of the stuff prior to the pea application is acceptable per the tutorial-to fill in any ridges or uneven surfaces prior to putting the pea sized ball on it for the actual application of the paste.I understand this stuff doesn't break down much. I believe that, so I was wiling to shell out a few extra bucks for it, and to deal with the difficulty working with it. I also understand it is composed mostly of diamonds which is an interesting sidenote.So yeh, I have to agree with the other folks giving this rave reviews. i'm guessing this is going to become the new standard for thermal paste.